Einarson Wins Manitoba Scotties; All-Stars Named
Kerri Einarson defeated Kristy McDonald 7-5 to
win the championship game of the 2016 Scotties
Tournament of Hearts in Beausejour at the end
of last month. Team Einarson will represent
Manitoba at the 2016 Canadian Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Grande Prairie, Alberta,
February 20-28, 2016. The All-Star Awards were
handed out at the 2016 Tournament of Hearts
on Sunday afternoon. The Tournament of Hearts
All-Stars, selected by the members of the Manitoba Curling Media Association, were presented
by Jim Bender from the Winnipeg Sun: All-Star
Lead – Raunora Westcott from Team McDonald;
All-Star Second – Katherine Doerksen from
Team Overton-Clapham; All-Star Third – Selena
Katz from Team Einarson; and the 2016 Scotties
All-Star Skip – Shannon Birchard.
Olivia “The Predator” Gerula Wins
Winnipeg’s own two-time world boxing champion
Olivia (The Predator) Gerula dominated Lucia
Larcinese in Montreal back on Jan. 22 to win
women’s lightweight fight by unanimous decision.
Judges scored the fight 60-54 Gerula. After a
shocking loss to Ohio’s Carla Torres for the WIBA
World Title at High Stakes Havoc II in Winnipeg on
Oct. 22, Gerula went back to work at Elite Boxing
and MMA with coaches Kent and Kelly Brown,
refining her skills and working on her angles. 2016
will be Gerula’s 19th year of professional boxing.
“It’s easier to get fights right now when you’re a
woman because we’re in demand, but it wasn’t
always this way,’’ Gerula told Holli Moncrieff of
mytoba.ca. “I had to work hard to make a name for myself. People are finally seeing that women are great boxers.”
KJHL Announces All-Stars
The Keystone Junior B Hockey League announced its 2015-16 All-Star teams
back in Late January. There will be no All-Star Game this year. Instead, the 12
players – six from each division – who were selected by the coaches, managers
and league executives will receive a handful of gifts from the league for their
exceptional play during the 2015-16 season:
2015-16 KJHL ALL-STAR TEAMS
South Division:
North Division:
F. Riley Hunter: St. Malo Warriors
F. Lodie Ipeelie: OCN Storm
F. Jared Magne: St. Malo Warriors
F. Waylon Neault: Peguis Juniors
F. Kenley Monias: Cross Lake Islanders F. Bryce Horning: Lundar Falcons
D. Tyndall Fontaine: Selkirk Fishermen
D. Sam McKay Jr.: OCN Storm
D. Ryan Pochailo: Arborg Ice Dawgs
D. Montana Tanner: Peguis Juniors
G. Jordan Liske: Selkirk Fishermen
G. Luke Penner: OCN Storm
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